I never used to want my septum pierced. I had never really thought about it. Then one day I was drawing a cartoon picture of myself (which included all of my piercings) and I put a septum piercing in there. The more I thought about it the more I liked it. I had mentioned them to my dad and he did not like them at all... and if he didn't like a piercing, that meant I wouldn't be allowed to get it. After looking at many pictures of it and read lots of experiences over the internet, I began to realize how much I wanted it. I spoke to my mum about it – she was cool with it, she's very understanding when it comes to body mods even though she has none herself (apart from 1 standard earlobe piercing in each ear) and she said she'd talk to him about it. He said no. She asked at least 5 more times over the course of a few months and he still said no. It angered me that he didn't have a good enough reason apart from the fact that he didn't like it... one night he explained to me that he was worried about what people would say to me, and he didn't want me getting upset etc. Well I am only 15 and kids and be cruel. I understood his worries but at the same time I thought; I have many piercings already, including 6 facial and 4 tongue piercings (including 1 webbing piercing) as well as various others – if they were going to say anything to me... wouldn't they have said it to me already? And after all, if people choose to look different from the majority then they should be prepared for comments that people are going to come out with. And this was a piercing I really wanted, so badly... so one day, with my mothers permission I went to get it pierced. A friend and I went along to the piercing studio where I had been pierced many times and told them what I wanted done. It was fine, although I had to wait to get it done as a few people were before me.
At A Glance Author Nikki Contact DCandNM@hotmail.com When N/A Studio Gems and Scents As I waited I was chatting to one of the girls that worked in the studio... she had told me a girl had her septum pierced the week before and passed out from the pain. Another girl who worked there at one point had about 50 or more piercings and said her septum was easily the most painful. As you can imagine this made me quite uneasy and I started to get scared of the pain. With all my other piercings I had gotten a rush from the pain and was hyper for about an hour afterward. I decided on a 1.6mm (14g) retainer. It was cute and I could flip it up so my dad wouldn't see. Anyway, when it was my turn – 2 belly button piercings and a cartilage later, I went into the back piercing room. It's a small room with light blues walls half way down... then the other half white tiles. There is a large cabinet with jewellery etc and a bed thingy in it. There's a small extra bit to the room with a sink and everything necessary for sterilizing the tools used.
As he cleaned up and prepared everything... Changing gloves quite a bit along the way, I spoke about the fact I wish pretty scared, but I made a joke of it. He asked me if I wanted to go get a drink to calm my nerves a bit... Then he asked me to think about if I really did want this done. I said yes I do and sat on the bed feeling a little anxious... it was quite funny because every time he went to pierce I backed out and so "no not yet!" Anyway, he was being patient enough with me; I didn't want to start to piss him off. I thought to myself to just let him get it over and done with. Sooo I did. He clamped it which was kind of uncomfortable, made my eyes water a little bit. I saw him get the needle ready in his hand. I took a couple deep breaths and let him get one with the piercing. He started to push the needle through, and had to stop for a second half way to make sure it would exit properly out of the other side of the septum clamps. It was done. He slid the retainer in and I had barely felt it, and what I did feel was certainly not pain. My eyes watered a little, but not much. I was VERY surprised; I thought it would be a pain like no other!
I paid, said thank you and that I'm sure he'd be seeing me soon for another piercing and left.
When I got home my dad had gone out...I tried to flip it upward but there wasn't enough space either way... I had to get 2 pairs of tweezers; one in each hand and kind of force it up... which probably isn't the best idea for a fresh piercing. Anyway, about 2 days later my mum asked my dad if I could get it done again. But with the way she said it she kind of made it obvious I already had it. And somehow, my father had guessed that I had it pierced and told me that he was disappointed that I got it done behind his back but that he was ok now that I have it done. That was quite surprising seeing as he was so against it in the first place.
After care was easy, a few salt water soaks took care of it. I did have the crusties for about a week or two, but that was to be expected. It's healed beautifully and I absolutely love it – it's one of my favorites. So far I haven't had any negative feedback as such. A friend said they didn't really like it but they didn't say it in a mean way – they were just telling the truth. I have quite a lot of people coming up to me and asking me questions regarding my piercings and I'm fine with that...it doesn't really bother me. But you get the odd person who come out with really stupid questions, like "does that go all the way through?" or "do you have that bit pierced?" while pointing at a septum with a piece of jewellery in it.
Anywho, I would recommend this piercing. It's pretty, cute and sexy and just a great thing to have done. But like with every piercing I would advise that you look up the piercing you want and make sure it's right for you. Feel free to email me or add me to MSN messenger if you have any questions.
Good luck and happy piercing! Scruffy x